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Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala (born January 20, 1954) is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Lazio, Italy. At a young age, La Scala migrated to Venezuela, where he completed his primary and secondary studies, while learning piano and guitar. He began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 he was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, finally presenting himself as Rudy La Scala in 1974. His work as a songwriter has been very successful, including songs recorded by Karina (Venezuelan singer), Karina, María Conchita Alonso, Guillermo Dávila, Kiara (Venezuelan entertainer), Kiara, Ruddy Rodríguez, Proyecto M, Carlos Mata, Payasitas Nifu Nifa , Las Payasitas Nifu Nifa and Gerardo Mora. As a performer, La Scala reached the top of the Top Latin Songs, ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart twice with "El Cariño Es Como Una Flor" and "Por Qué Será (song), Por Qué Será" in the 1990s. He is the only record producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocca Di Papa
Rocca di Papa (Roman Castles Romanesco: ) is a small town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani about southeast of Rome on the Alban Hills. It is close to the other communes of Velletri, Rocca Priora, Monte Compatri, Grottaferrata, Albano and Marino. It is the center of the Regional Park known as the "Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani". History The city is built on the location of the latine city of ''Cabum''. Documents from 12th century name Rocca di Papa as ''Castrum Rocce de Papa'' ("Rock of the Pope Castle"), because Pope Eugene III lived there. In 1541, Pier Luigi Farnese and French troops destroyed the castle. In 1855, the town proclaimed the "Rocca di Papa Republic" against prince Colonna and the Papal States. In 1889, the "Royal Geodynamic Observatory" was built on the top of Rocca di Papa, near the little Church of the Crucified. Between 1922 and 1935, the scientist Guglielmo Marconi carried out several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristal (telenovela)
''Cristal'' (1985–1986) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 246 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in Spain (where each advertisement that was seen during the transmission of Cristal cost more than seven million pesetas) and Italy. It was distributed internationally by Coral International. Cristal has been rebroadcast more than seven times in Venezuela. ''Cristal'' has several adaptations, including a 2006 Brazilian version of the same name distributed by SBT, and two Mexican remakes, '' El Privilegio de Amar'' in 1998, and ''Triunfo del Amor'' in 2010, both distributed by Televisa. Lupita Ferrer, Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists with Marita Capote, Jorge Palacios and Zoe Ducós as the antagonists. Synopsis Victoria Ascano (Lupita Ferrer), the beautiful and successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio Lo Nuestro 1991
The 3rd Lo Nuestro Awards ceremony, presented by Univision honoring the best Latin music of 1990 and 1991 took place on May 23, 1991, at a live presentation held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. The ceremony was broadcast in the United States and Latin America by Univision. During the ceremony, seventeen categories were presented. Winners were announced at the live event and included Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and Dominican group Juan Luis Guerra y 440, receiving three competitive awards each. Mexican band Bronco earned two accolades. The live show included performances by Daniela Romo, Myriam Hernández, Raúl di Blasio, Rudy La Scala, Franco de Vita, Luis Enrique, Banda Blanca, Los Tigres del Norte, Orquesta de la Luz, Azúcar Moreno, Yuri, and Mariachi Cobre. Background In 1989, the Lo Nuestro Awards were established by Univision, to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were selected by a voting poll cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Por Qué Será
''Por Qué Será'' (''Why Would That Be?'') is an album released by Venezuelan performer Rudy La Scala in 1991. The album reached the top ten in the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums chart and includes La Scala's second number-one single at the Top Latin Songs The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Latin 50) is a record chart in the United States for Latin songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, rad .... Track listing All tracks written and performed by Rudy La Scala.Rudy La Scala ''Por Qué Será'' (Liner Notes) Sonotone (1991) Chart performance References {{DEFAULTSORT:Por Que Sera 1991 albums Rudy La Scala albums Spanish-language albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on ''Billboard'' magazine. It features Latin music Latin music ( Portuguese and es, música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America (including Spain and Portugal) and the Latino United States inspired by Latin Amer ... information of the Pop (music), Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full-length albums and like all album charts on ''Billboard'', is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that represents more than 90% of the U.S. music retail market which includes not only music stores and the music departments at electronics and department stores, but also direct-to-consumer transactions and Internet sales (both physical albums via Internet, and ones bought via digital downloads). A limited array of verifiable sales from concert venues is also tabulated. ''Reflexiones (José José a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Ángel
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella McNicol
Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with the name Films *''Miss Stella'', 1991 Indian Malayalam film, directed by I. Sasiand *Stella (1921 film), ''Stella'' (1921 film), directed by Edwin J. Collins *Stella (1943 film), ''Stella'' (1943 film), with Zully Moreno *Stella (1950 film), ''Stella'' (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature *Stella (1955 film), ''Stella'' (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri *Stella (1976 film), ''Stella'' (1976 film), written and directed by Luigi Cozzi *Stella (1983 film), ''Stella'' (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann, see Victor Lanoux *Stella (1990 film), ''Stella'' (1990 film), starring Bette Midler *Stella (2008 film), ''Stella'' (2008 film), directed by Sylvie Verheyde Literature *Stella, novel attri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Witch (album)
''The Witch'' is the second album by Ambar, and collaboration between actress and singer María Conchita Alonso and Italian people, Italo–Venezuelan producer Rudy La Scala. It was released in 1980 and was their second and final collaboration. Like its predecessor, the album ''Love Maniac album, Love Maniac'', it was recorded in English. However, trends were already starting to change and the popularity of disco from the 1970s was ending, so this album is less dance-oriented and it leans more towards Rock music, rock. Alonso reinvented her image for this release, dressing as a Romani people, gypsy for promotional appearances. That imagery, together with the album title and her reputation for wildness in the media fueled rumors about her being a Satanism, Satan worshipper in the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloids. The title track was used as the promotional single for the album but didn't match the success of the album. However, it was a moderate hit in Venezuela and paved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold, platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or music download). History The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Maniac (album)
''Love Maniac'' is the first album by María Conchita Alonso. It was released on 1979 as a collaboration with Italo-Venezuelan producer Rudy La Scala and songwriter Yrma Silva, under the nickname of Ambar. The album was recorded in English and the songs were influenced by Donna Summer and other disco artists from that era. The album has a similar structure of Donna Summer's first albums, as Side A includes a 17-minute long version of the title track. Side B includes the ballad "Together To Heaven Or Hell", where Rudy La Scala performs the lead vocals. Also included is the "Sweet Lover" trilogy, with "Sweet Lover (Part 1.)" and "Sweet Lover (Part 3.)" being disco stompers and "Sweet Lover (Part 2.)" being a slow tempo number with spoken vocals. An alternate version of "Together To Heaven Or Hell", featuring Alonso on lead vocals, was released later in 1984, in the Greatest Hits compilation "Te Amo". Alonso was already popular in Venezuela, after being crowned Miss Teen Venezuela i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco Music
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars. Disco started as a mixture of music from venues popular with Italian Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans and Black Americans "'Broadly speaking, the typical New York discothèque DJ is young (between 18 and 30) and Italian,' journalist Vince Lettie declared in 1975. ..Remarkably, almost all of the important early DJs were of Italian extraction .. Italian Americans have played a significant role in America's dance music culture .. While Italian Americans mostly from Brooklyn largely created disco from scratch .." in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco can be seen as a reaction by the 1960s counterculture to both the dominance of rock music and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music education or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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